Pakistan’s U23 football team has landed in Cambodia ahead of their crucial opening fixture in the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers. The Green Shirts are set to face Iraq on Wednesday, September 3, at the National Sports Complex of Cambodia, with kick-off scheduled for 14:00 PKT. The squad’s arrival marks the beginning of a […]
Adam Zampa’s marathon 21,000 mile (34,000 kilometre) round trip from Australia just to bowl 20 balls paid dividends as the Oval Invincibles won their third successive final in English cricket’s Hundred with a 26-run victory over the Trent Rockets at Lord’s on Sunday. Zampa’s near 30-hour journey came about after the 33-year-old, who’s been on […]
World number one Shi Yuqi of China fought from behind to beat Thai reigning champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the men’s singles badminton world championship final on Sunday, while Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi beat Chen Yufei of China in the women’s showpiece. Shi outlasted Kunlavut 19-21, 21-10, 21-18 after one hour and 17 minutes on court in […]
Veteran U.S. director Jim Jarmusch said on Sunday he was concerned that one of the distributors of his latest film had taken money from a company with ties to the Israeli military. However, Jarmusch, an independent filmmaker who made movies such as Stranger Than Paradise, Dead Man and Broken Flowers, said he considered all corporate […]
A late own goal gifted Lyon a 1-0 win over 10-man Marseille on Sunday lifting them level on points with Paris Saint-Germain in the French top flight. Condemned to relegation due to debts two months ago before a reprieve on appeal, Lyon have now won all three of their league games, with only PSG ahead […]
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic motored into the quarter-finals of the US Open on Sunday as reigning women’s champion Aryna Sabalenka kept her title defence firmly on track. Spanish second seed Alcaraz and tennis icon Djokovic — who are on course to meet in the semi-finals — both recorded straight-sets wins on the Arthur Ashe […]
Senior Hurriyat leader and Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM) Chairman Altaf Ahmed Bhat has paid rich tribute to legendary Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani at his 4th death anniversary, saluting his lifelong struggle and unwavering stand for the freedom of Jammu and Kashmir. Bhat said Geelani’s entire life was devoted to the cause of […]
Strong tremors of a 5.4 magnitude earthquake were felt in the federal capital, Punjab, and several areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) late on Sunday night but there were no immediate reports of casualties or property damage. According to Express News, the epicentre was located in Afghanistan. K-P Rescue 1122 spokesman Bilal Ahmad Faizi confirmed that shocks […]
Shelling by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces killed at least seven people and wounded 71 others in El-Fasher, a medical source said Sunday, as the paramilitary group launched its fiercest offensive yet on the besieged city. El-Fasher, the last major city in the vast western Darfur region still under army control, has become the most violent […]
The cotton crop across key growing zones has been hit hard by recent rains and floods, raising fears that Pakistan may once again fail to achieve its dream of bumper cotton production in the 2025-26 cotton year. Alongside flood and rain damage, virus attacks have also been reported in parts of Sindh and in Punjab’s […]